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Prioritize Long-Term Email Follow-ups by Urgency
Catch up on weeks of messages sorted by priority.
Ask Copilot to review the last two weeks of emails and prioritize them based on urgency for a faster return-to-work workflow.
Microsoft Copilot
The Scenario
You are returning to work after a vacation or a week-long conference and need to catch up on everything you missed without getting bogged down.
Before & after
The old way
Reviewing two weeks of correspondence to catch up after a vacation or busy project phase typically takes 1-2 hours of manual sorting.
With AI
Copilot summarizes the last 14 days and adds 'urgency' markers in about 2 minutes, allowing you to focus on the high-impact items immediately.
The Prompt
Please summarize the emails I’ve received over the past two weeks and prioritize them based on urgency.
This tip leverages Copilot's ability to reason across different dates and prioritize based on the language and deadlines found within the messages.
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot – Microsoft Adoption"Please summarize the emails I’ve received over the past two weeks and priortize them based on urgency."